Corporal 851 Horace Timmins

Corporal 851 Horace Timmins, 15^th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Killed in action in the Battle of the Somme on 29 Aug 1916 aged 21

• Named on the Thiepval Memorial
• Awarded: 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of James (died 1897) and Emma Timmins
• NNWFHS Memorials: Coleshill,

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC page for Cpl Timmins
• Thiepval Memorial
• NNWFHS Coleshill War Memorial Page
• Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Census and Family Information

• Born in Birmingham Oct qtr 1894
• In the Cottage Homes Coleshill where his mother was a foster carer [1901 census]
• Lived in Harborne in 1911
• Horace was a clerk in the coal trade